NATURAL HISTORY. 
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The claffes, accovdiiig to the nunibvt of 
ftamina in the male parts of the ilower, are 
called, 
1. Monandria, one ftamen. 
2. Uiandria^ two flamina. 
3. Triandria, three. 
4. Tetrandria, four. 
5. Peiandria, five. 
6. HexandriUf fix. 
7. Heptandria, feven. 
8. Odlandria, eight. 
9. Enneandria, nine. 
10. Decandria, ten. 
11. Dodecandria, eleven. 
12. Icofandria, when more than twelve. 
13. Polyandria, when more than thirteen. 
Ihofe flowers which have two ftamina 
fliorter than the reft, are called, 
14. Dynajnina, as having two long, and 
two fliorter ftamina. 
13. ‘Tetradyna/na, as having four long 
and two fliorter ftamina. 
hole flowers which have their ftamina 
united together or with a pointal, are thus 
diftingulflied. 
16. Monadelphia, ftamina united into one 
body. 
17. Diadelpbin, ftamina into two bodies. 
18. Poly< delphia, ftamina into three or 
more bodies. 
19. Syngencjlci, the ftamina forming a cy- 
lindrical body. ^ 
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